FIVE FACTORS THAT COULD LEAD TO $5 COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE RENTS
1. Rising interest rates:
Rising interest rates and corresponding rental rate increases have a direct impact on tenants. Tapering off from its policy of quantitative easing, the Federal
Reserve has reduced its purchases of assets from $85 billion to $75 billion per month. Further tapering is expected to cause interest rates to rise.
Twelve months ago, 30-year mortgage rates stood at 3.2 percent. In April 2014, rates are up to 4.4 percent, and over the next few years we may see further increases of up to three percent...

The goal of this special report on the Five Factors That Could Lead To $5 Rents is to help commercial real estate tenants foresee their future rent or lease exposure and to communicate practical strategies to maintain, or limit increase in the cost of leasing space in the Los Angeles market and throughout the world.
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COMMERCIAL LEASES CHANGING TO A LIABILITY ON THE BALANCE SHEET IN 2019
Presented by: Forrest Blake | Vice President | NAI Capital | 818-933-2365 | fblake@NAIcaptial.com | Lic # 01054174
Anyone who signs more than a 12-month lease and is in an executive position needs to read this and future articles on this subject. This change will have a dramatic effect on your financial statements. Tenant’s must book there lease obligation as a liability on balance sheet. I wouldn’t sign a new lease without understanding the impacts of these new requirements.
The first time I wrote about this...

Presented by: Forrest Blake | Senior Vice President | SVN Commercial | 310-850-2381 | Lic # 01054174
Los Angeles, CA, Tuesday, June 13, 2017– According to NAI Capital’s Market Trends report, office space offered for sublease in Los Angeles County in the first quarter of 2017 registered 4.9 million square feet, up 7.6% over the quarter and 11.5% over the prior year. The total inventory of available sublease space is increasing and is being absorbed at a lower rate. This quarter, 390,460 square feet were subleased, which is 22.1% less than a year ago.
Sublease rents remained flat over...

How to win the rental rate guessing game
By: Forrest Blake | Senior Vice President | SVN Commercial | 310-850-2381| Lic # 01054174
Commercial real estate spins like the wheel on a gaming table! You see leasing signs prominently posted in front of every commercial building. Your last leasing broker just called for the first time in 3 years with his best guess rent number. The media continues to talk of a strong commercial real estate market and increasing rental rates. You get 10 calls each week from brokers saying they “know the best deal.” …And your landlord just called to say you don’t...

YOU’RE BEING BLUFFED IN YOUR LEASE NEGOTIATIONS AND IN POKER
This strategy applies as much to negotiations as it does to playing poker. In every deal there comes a time when you just do not have the needed leverage, although you feel confident you could overpower the opponent and win anyway. Other times you may feel you are being pushed around—or, bluffed—by the other side of table. There are many times in Commercial Real Estate leasing where the landlord tells the tenant they have another tenant who is negotiating for the space. On a renewal, they may say there is a tenant who wants to take...

COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE LIABILITY & RESPONSIBILITY
If your enterprise is like most companies, your commercial office rent plays a role as the second largest business expense to the company, which directly affects your bottom-line. As the CEO of GolfTEC Southern California, back in the earl 2000’s, I experienced this exposure personally with a $70,000-monthly-base rent expense spread over the fifteen leased locations. Note: I am not counting other triple net expenses in this amount; just base rent alone. As you may know, paying large rents can be very painful. And, often untimely when...

EFFECT OF A BAD COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE LEASE
Commercial Tenants must continually ask themselves: “What actions do I need to take to improve my leased facilities?” Executives must dedicate time and effort to do this analysis, and must include both the financial and functional aspects. I know, this may distract key individuals within the company from the day-to-day operations. However, the benefits will far outweigh the time investment. Tenants in a commercial real estate lease cannot settle for average. An average lease can quickly turn disadvantageous when you do not exercise the proper...

Below Market Office Lease Renewal
Below market transactions don’t happen by chance. Tenants aren’t given large quantities of free rent, tenant improvements and/or rental rate reductions because they paid their rent on time or ask nicely. There is a defined process to establish leverage with relocation options, collect information to gain leverage and close a deal that surprises even the best negotiators.
Should I renew my lease or relocate? This choice must be made about every five years by tenants. The line of thinking is often difficult since it will have a material effect on the company’s...